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Take a Break and Read a Fucking Poem: "RIOT" by Gwendolyn Brooks

30-05-2020 03:10 via thestranger.com

by Rich Smith
In the spring of 1968, James Earl Ray's assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. sparked uprisings across the country. Protestors in Chicago, tired of putting up with racist bullshit every second of their lives, burned and looted the west side for over two days, racking up millions in property damage and leaving at least nine dead.At that time, Haki Madhubuti, then don l. lee, was running a magazine called Black Expressions. According to D.H. Melhem's Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry and t

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Slog PM: Killer Cop Charged With Murder, Inslee Sets New Guidelines, Chase Was on KUOW

30-05-2020 02:55 via thestranger.com

by Jasmyne KeimigChase Burns chatting with Mohammed Kloub of Crosscut and Kevin Schofield of SCCI on KUOW's Week in Review with Bill Radke Screenshot by Jasmyne KeimigYour real Slog PM daddy, Chase Burns, was on KUOW's Week in Review this afternoon: Listen here to Chase talk about crop circles and Kanopy while host Bill Radke plays a cute clip of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Trump is ending our nation's ties with World Health Organization saying China has "total control" over the specialized agen

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A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila Is Unstreamable

30-05-2020 02:30 via thestranger.com

That's probably a good thing.by Chase BurnsCheeky? Or alt-right?Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for MAXIM
Unstreamable is a weekly column that finds films and TV shows you can't watch on major streaming services in the United States. This week: Tila Tequila invents the intellectual dark web in A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, a wealthy man's son is kidnapped in Ransom, a helicopter almost crashes into the World Trade Center in The Hot Rock, and a woman gets the hottest phone sex call of a

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Spanking Spouses, Creepy Creepers, Lousy Lovers — Reader Advice Roundup!

30-05-2020 01:35 via thestranger.com

Savage Love Letter of the Day — Reader Advice Roundup!by Dan Savage
This week's Savage Love Letters of the Day: what to expect when you're expecting to run into a coworker who accidentally flashed her boobs in a Zoom meeting; at what temperature should one keep one's tits when one is crushing on someone during a pandemic; how guilty should a guy feel about getting spanked behind his husband's back; and just how annoyed is a wife allowed to feel about the "maintenance spankings" her hu

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Washington Re-Opens Gradually, Seattleites Can Get Haircuts

30-05-2020 01:20 via thestranger.com

by Nathalie GrahamHaircut small talk advice: "How do you feel being a frontline worker?" ZORAN ZEREMSKI/GETTY IMAGES
Washington is done with "Stay Home, Stay Healthy." Now, we're moving into "Safe Start." That's the branding for Washington's phased re-opening. Gov. Jay Inslee described it as leaving one "lifeboat" for another. We just need to make sure it doesn't have any holes in it, he said.Inslee announced on Friday that Washington will re-open with a "county-by-county" approach just days bef

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